Necktie holding and shaping device



Aug. 4, 1925. 1,548,568

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NECKIIE HOLDING ADT EMSHA-PINGwDEVICEH Application filed February To (ZZZ 10710772 it may concern:

Be it. known that I, KURTWVINKELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winthrop, in the county of Sibley and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Necktie -Holding and Shaping Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to necktie holding and shaping devices. An object is to provide a skeleton form upon which a fourin hand tie may-be tied andshapedin semipermanenti form in such manner that the amount which one end portion projects beyond the knot formed in the tie may be lengthened and'shortened to permit the neck band portion to be placedover the head of the wearerandthen drawn. snugly around the collar. By theprovision of this device, thetiecan be-tied into-shape, either before or at the time of purchase and the wearer is relieved of the necessity of making up the tie each time he wears it.- Vhile attempts have been made to wear four-inhand ties in this manner prior to the time of my invention without the use of a skeleton form, such attempts have not been satisfactory, due to the fact that the narrower end portion of the tie is held quite firmly in the knot and cannot be readily drawn back and forth. My device permits the narrow end portion of the tie to be drawn back and forth in the knot and yet holds this portion with sufficient firmness so that it will not accidentally slip while the tie is being worn. Another object is to provide a device of this character which is enclosed in the knot of the tie and gives it a desirable shape by putting it out into an attractive appearance. 7

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which show the application of my invention, Fig. l is a view showing the appearance of a necktie when shaped upon my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a front view of the device. Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the device. Fig. 5 is a view showing the manner in which the end portions of a tie are threaded through the device when the tying operation is started. Fig. 6 is a view showing the position of the 13, 1925; Serial No. 8 873.

tie on the deviceafterthetying operation hasbeen started. Fig; 7 isa view showing prongs 10 and '11,. for fastening; over-the customary collarbutton. At-eachside of these prongs, the wireis bent outwardly to form loop members '12 and 14 which are bent backwardly to formdoopmembers 16 and 18 which extendtowardreachother and define an elongated opening l9 and meet at the ;point 20 where they are bent backw-ardly on each'other; From-the point: 20, the two branches of the wire members extend 1 outwardly and are then. bent inwardly to-form members22rand 24 whichdefine a generally heart-shaped;opening 26,-the two ends of the wire being secured at 2-8 by twisting or soldering or both if desired. It will be seen that the wire is bent so that difi erent portions lie in different planes. If the prongs 10 and 11 are considered to lie in a vertical plane, then the loop members defining the opening 19 will lie substantially in a horizontal plane and the members 22 and 24 which define the heart shaped opening will lie in an inclined plane.

The operation and advantages of my in vention will now be obvious. Inshaping the tie around the device, the narrow end portion A and the wide end portion B are both threaded through the elongated opening 19 as shownin Fig. 5 with the portion A extending through the heart-shaped opening 26 and portion B disposed in front of the members .22 and 24 which define this opening. The portion B is then knotted in the usual manner around the narrow portion A, being at the same time wrapped around the members 22 and 24 as will be apparent from Fig. 6. The portion B is then brought up at the rear and pulled down behind the front portion C of the knot in the usual manner. At the same time the portion B is brought up through the open ing 19 and tucked down over the members 16 and 18 just before it passes down back of the knot portion C. As will be apparent from F ig. 7, the members 16 and 18 serve to hold the proper amount of the tie exposed above the knot portion C. It will be obviousfrom Fig; 5 that the device prevents the narrow portion A from being too firmlyheld in the knot, thereby permitting this portion of the tie to be slipped back and forth so that the neck band portion may be drawn out sufliciently to permit-it to be placed over the head 01": the wearer and then drawn down snugly around and under a portion of the collar. Due to the fact that the portion A passes through the openings 19 and 26 it will be held with suflicient friction to prevent accidental slipping. It will be understood that when the tie is donned, the prongs 10 and 11 are engaged over the collar button, so that the tie is held in central positionwithout liability of becoming displaced toeither side. While the tie may be Worn a large number of times without retying, it will be obvious that in case the exposed portion of the knot becomes soiled or worn, the tie can be untied and then retied so as to bring a fresher portion of the fabric into position to form the exposed portion of the knot. Due to the fact that the members 22 and 24 incline outwardly, the portion of the tie which passes in front of these members is prevented from being too flat. The whole e1 tect of my device theretore is to give the tie a shapely and attractive appearance and prevent it from having a squashy appearance. 7

I claim a V 1. A necktie holding andshaping device comprising a skeleton form having loop members at its upper end which define an elongated transverse opening through which the two end portions of the tie extend, and a collar button engaging member carried by said form.

2. A necktie holding and shaping device comprising a skeleton form having loop members at its upper end which define an elongated transverse opening through which the two end portions of the tie extend, a collar button engaging member carried by said form, and loop members which define a relatively large opening at the lower portion of said form. V

3. A necktie holding and shaping device "comprising a piece of wire having a compound bend at its central portion to produce prongs for engagement with the collar button, loop members at each sideuof said prongs defining an elongated opening, said loop men'ibersmeeting and being bent backwardly on each other, the wire members being bent to 'deline a substantially heartshaped opening the bottom of which is closed by the meeting ends of the wire.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

KURT WINKELMAN. 

